The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.

The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!''

Almost all serious stories in the world are stories of failure with a death in it. But there is more lost paradise in them than defeat.

As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.

The trouble with a movie is that it's old before it's released. It's no accident that it comes in a can.